Memory and Narrative: The Weave of Life-Writing

Memory and Narrative presents an elegant, authoritative account of how life-writing has changed over time to arrive at its present form. James Olney, one of the most distinguished scholars of autobiography, tells the story of an evolving literary form that originated in the autobiographical writings of St. Augustine, underwent profound changes in Jean-Jacques Rousseau's life-writing trilogy, and found a momentary conclusion in the work of Samuel Beckett. "This is an elegant work of scholarship." —Jason Berry, Chicago Tribune "Examines how the fascinating, reciprocal relationship between memory and narrative has evolved over the course of 17 centuries. . . . Olney's work is a valuable companion to his subjects' primary texts." —Booklist

Literature & Fiction

Olney, James

History & Criticism

University of Chicago Press

Memory and Narrative presents an elegant, authoritative account of how life-writing has changed over time to arrive at its present form. James Olney, one of the most distinguished scholars of autobiography, tells the story of an evolving literary form that originated in the autobiographical writings of St. Augustine, underwent profound changes in Jean-Jacques Rousseau's life-writing trilogy, and found a momentary conclusion in the work of Samuel Beckett.

The Rhizome and the Flower: The Perennial Philosophy―Yeats and Jung

British & Irish

University of California Press

Rhizome and the Flower: The Perennial Philosophy—Yeats and Jung

James Olney demonstrates that autobiography, because it provides the most direct narrative enactments of the ways, motives, and beliefs of a culture, is an excellent way to approach African literature. After a general discussion of the African ethos, each chapter takes up the "autobiographical" literature of a specific group in African society and treats it as both an expression of a personal vision and as a revelation of a permeating social reality.Originally published in 1974.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Tell Me Africa: An Approach to African Literature (Princeton Legacy Library)

Princeton University Press

James Olney examines the writings of seven men--Montaigne, Jung, George Fox, Darwin, Newman, Mills, and Eliot--and traces the essential and unique autobiographical impulse, and in a real sense makes it live.
Originally published in 1972.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Metaphors of Self: The Meaning of Autobiography (Princeton Legacy Library)

Biographies & Memoirs

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James Olney examines the writings of seven men--Montaigne, Jung, George Fox, Darwin, Newman, Mills, and Eliot--and traces the essential and unique autobiographical impulse, and in a real sense makes it live.Originally published in 1972.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Professor Olney gathers together in this book some of the best and most important writings on autobiography produced in the past two decades.
Originally published in 1980.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Autobiography: Essays Theoretical and Critical (Princeton Legacy Library)

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Memory and Narrative: The Weave of Life-Writing

Memory and Narrative: The Weave of Life-Writing

The Rhizome and the Flower: The Perennial Philosophy―Yeats and Jung

Rhizome and the Flower: The Perennial Philosophy—Yeats and Jung

Tell Me Africa: An Approach to African Literature (Princeton Legacy Library)

Metaphors of Self: The Meaning of Autobiography (Princeton Legacy Library)

Metaphors of Self: The Meaning of Autobiography (Princeton Legacy Library)

Tell Me Africa: An Approach to African Literature (Princeton Legacy Library)

Autobiography: Essays Theoretical and Critical (Princeton Legacy Library)

Metaphors of Self: The Meaning of Autobiography (Princeton Legacy Library)